10 Takeaways From Variety’s Music for Screens Week 2020

In a very competitive situation. Blumhouse has won the screen rights to a Dec. 13 New York Times story which chronicled one desperate mother’s revenge spree in Mexico, when she avenged her daughter’s murder by taking on the drug cartels and tracking down the perpetrators by herself. She saw ten of them apprehended by police before she was shot and killed in front of her home on Mother’s Day, 2017.

A New Mexico sheriff is joining a growing number of law enforcement officials refusing to enforce "restrictive" coronavirus measures.

At least three people – including a pregnant woman in her early 20s – languish in critical condition in Guanajuato, Mexico, after their hands were chopped off and their bleeding bodies were thrown from the back of a truck last week. "This happened to me for being a thief, and because I didn't respect hard-working people and continued to rob them," the chilling note strapped to their bodies read.

The sheriff in New Mexico’s most populous county said in a video last week that he will not enforce any stay-at-home orders that subvert individuals’ constitutional rights, adding that his office will focus on helping families and businesses safe from crime.

Flip or Flip star Tarek El Moussa and Selling Sunset‘s Heather Rae Young have jetted off to Mexico for a romantic Cabo getaway. The blonde beauty, 33, and her fiance, 39, were seen soaking up the sunshine at a luxe hotel on December 18.

Chrishell Stause, 39, and Keo Motsepe, 31, have jetted off to Mexico for a tropical vacation, and the new couple were seen getting very cozy. The Selling Sunset beauty and the Dancing with the Stars pro packed on the PDA while sitting atop a yacht in Cabo San Lucas, and appeared to be soaking up the sunshine.

Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae Young hang out by the pool in a cabana while enjoying the sunny weather on Friday (December 18) in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Narcos: Mexico star Fernanda Urrejola is on the call sheet for Cry Macho, Clint Eastwood’s drama that is wrapping up shooting in New Mexico. Eastwood is directing and starring in the feature that is based on a book written by N.

Jason Bateman/Laura Linney drama series had run its course after two seasons. But I was wrong; Season 3 branched out into different, unforeseen directions and ended with a literal bang — throwing Marty and Wendy Byrde and their teenage kids into the arms of their new boss, Mexican drug kingpin Omar Navarro (Felix Solis).

The novel coronavirus claimed the life of a third-grade teacher in New Mexico, according to her family and the school where she worked.  Philamena Belone, 44, died on Friday, her brother, Phillip Belone said. Previously healthy, Belone lost her battle against the virus just three weeks after she first fell ill.

It’s good to have superhero movies back.

The death of country music legend Charley Pride is being questioned by several of the genre’s stars, who are wondering whether his performance at the County Music Association’s indoor awards show a month before he acquired Covid-19 may be connected.

Brian Baumgartner is earning big bucks in 2020. The actor, who starred as chili-loving accountant Kevin Malone in the NBC sitcom “The Office,” is poised to earn more than $1 million from videos posted on the Cameo app.  The app’s co-founder and CEO, Steven Galanis, recently revealed in The New York Times "Sway" podcast that the 48-year-old had the most revenue on the platform.